File:Valley of Ashes.jpg
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English: The "valley of ashes," a sprawling refuse dump located in New York City during the 1920s. The dump was made famous in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby. Today, the area is Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens. |
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| Source | NYPL Digital Gallery — Catalog ID (B-number): b13985741 |
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New York (N.Y.). Bureau of Engineering Fairchild Aerial Camera Corporation (Photographer) |
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| current | 02:49, 23 June 2021 | | 3,177 × 3,177 (10.68 MB) | Flask | Higher quality and greater resolution from same source |
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| 21:55, 21 December 2011 |  | 489 × 478 (156 KB) | The rakish fellow |
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